Principal Product Engineer - San Jose, California, United States
$160,000 - $195,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 1 April 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Product Engineer to lead post-silicon product development for high-speed, low-power semiconductor products in advanced process nodes.
What you'll do
- Lead product development and engineering across wafer sort and final test solutions on the Advantest 93k ATE platform or similar ATE systems. - Monitor device ATE test yields, ATE test time, and device quality while rolling out new ATE test programs using consistent BKMs. - Perform system-level problem solving involving test hardware, test programs, and DUT across digital and analog circuits. - Execute data analysis using tools such as JMP or Spotfire to calculate limits and draw conclusions. - Drive product and package qualification to support shipping quality parts through the manufacturing stage of development.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. - Minimum of 8 years of experience in post silicon product development dealing with high-speed I/O (product test or validation). - Experience completing at least one cycle of a full product development life cycle. - Hands-on experience using the Advantest 93k ATE platform or similar ATE platform, including updating ATE test programs for wafer sort and final test solutions. - Hands-on experience in product/package qualification. - Data analysis skills using tools such as JMP or Spotfire. - Digital and analog circuit level understanding for DUT.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering. - Hands-on knowledge of NRZ/PAM4 SerDes protocols like PCIe (Gen3 and above), Ethernet (25G and above), or memory interfaces such as (LP)DDR5/4. - Experience working with silicon validation teams to ensure device performance meets production requirements. - Firmware development experience in C/C++, scripting in Python, or other equivalent programming experience.
Skills: post silicon product development, ATE test programs, wafer sort, final test solutions, device performance
This role has been open 206 days — well above the 81-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
158
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Median days open
81 d
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Median salary
$175k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Astera Labs | All employers we track in this specialty (158 roles · 48 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 158 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 19 | 2235 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 215 d | 81 d (+134 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $175k |
Skills observed across this category: post silicon product development, ATE test programs, wafer sort, final test solutions, device performance
Who's hiring in this category
- Texas Instruments · 12 open roles · median 59 d
- Micron Technology · 11 open roles · median 184 d
- AMD · 10 open roles · median 110 d
- onsemi · 10 open roles · median 88 d
- Analog Devices · 8 open roles · median 67 d
- Entegris · 8 open roles · median 99 d
How we counted: 158 open Product Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 48 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.